@cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server
by cyanheads
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGS_DIR | No | Directory for log files (Node.js only). | |
| OTEL_ENABLED | No | Enable OpenTelemetry instrumentation. | false |
| MCP_AUTH_MODE | No | Auth mode: none, jwt, or oauth. | none |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | Port for HTTP server. | 3010 |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Log level (RFC 5424). | debug |
| OPENALEX_API_KEY | No | Optional. Email address for the OpenAlex polite pool (10x faster rate limits). | |
| OPENALEX_BASE_URL | No | OpenAlex API base URL. | https://api.openalex.org |
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | No | Transport: stdio or http. | stdio |
| MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | No | Comma-separated allow-list of browser Origin headers for HTTP transport. Unset = loopback-only; set to * to disable. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
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No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityNo data
ResponsivenessResponsive